Thomas W. Cartwright

Age 40 at enrollment, he mustered in as first lieutenant and adjutant on September 16, 1861. Transferred as First Lieutenant to Company G on 2 February 1862.

He was slightly wounded in the knee in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.

He mustered as Captain, Company D on 11 October 1862 to date from 17 September, but resigned his commission and was discharged 10 February 1863. His son Thomas, Jr. - Captain, 5th New York Infantry - had died at age 20 on 26 December 1862 of wounds received at Gaines Mill, VA on 25 June 1862.

Basic information from McLernon1, citing also Conyngham2. His picture from a photograph kindly provided by Joseph Maghe from his collection.

His son's photograph is at the NY State Military Museum. See also a collection of 1862 telegrams from his son, who thought his father had been killed at Fredericksburg in December 1862 (offered for sale by the Excelsior Brigade, dealers in memorabilia).

c. 1821; Kings County, NY